ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Al qaari'ah

The Striking Calamity -

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Mal qaariah

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

Fa-ummuhu haawiyah

His refuge will be an abyss.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah

And what can make you know what that is?